Quote by Sigmund Freud

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant int

Summary

This quote reflects on the stark difference in mental capacity between children and adults. It suggests that children possess a vibrant and brilliant intelligence compared to the lackluster or feeble mentality that is often observed in adults. The quote portrays a sense of disappointment, hinting at the societal notion that intelligence may diminish as individuals grow older.

Topics

Intelligence

By Sigmund Freud

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

If you have to dry the dishes (Such an awful boring chore)If

If you have to dry the dishes (Such an awful boring chore)If you have to dry the dishes('Stead of going to the store)If you have to dry the dishesAnd you drop one on the floorMaybe they won't let youDry the dishes anymore

Shel Silverstein

Inspirational

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music

A political career brings out the basest qualities in human

A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.

You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer, sai

You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer, said Miss Pross, in her breathing. Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.

Charles Dickens

Courage Devil Lucifer Match Englishmen Englishwomen

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

Marriage

To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every c

To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.

Miracles

When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 3

When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way.

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.

Congratulations!Today is your day.You're off to Great Places

Congratulations!Today is your day.You're off to Great Places!You're off and away!

Success Humor Funny Inspirational

In love of home, the love of country has its rise.

In love of home, the love of country has its rise.

Charles Dickens

Love Home

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

It seems to have had an order, to have been composed by some

It seems to have had an order, to have been composed by someone, and those events that were merely accidental when they happened turn out to be the main elements in a consistent plot. Who composed this plot? Just as your dreams are composed, so your whole life has been composed by the will within you. Just as the people who you met by chance became effective agents in the structuring of your life, so you have been the agent in the structuring of other lives. And the whole thing gears together like one big symphony, everything influencing and structuring everything else. It's as though our lives were the dream of a single dreamer in which all of the dream characters are dreaming too. And so everything links to everything else moved out of the will in nature...It is as though there were an intention behind it yet it is all by chance. None of us lives the life that he had intended.

Joseph Campbell, source uncertai

Life